Advocacy In Reconstruction Counseling
Advocacy is a role and purpose of reconstruction counseling. Ethics happen at the focus of the counseling method, it functions and performs solidly for the clients who inquire help in such an environment. For the counseling field to be ethical and continue professional recognition, multiple aspects must be reviewed and planned to advance all counselors and practitioners for functioning at the necessary level and reserving their jobs demand by the counseling profession. According to American Counseling Association (2014):
Counselors understand the challenges of accepting gifts from clients and recognizing that in some cultures, small gifts are a token of respect and gratitude. When determining whether to accept a gift from clients, counselors take into account the therapeutic relationship, the monetary value of the gift, the client’s motivation for giving the gift, and the counselor’s motivation for wanting to accept or …show more content…
I took a counseling course in my undergrad, and we were having a class discussion on ethics. The professor’s example was taking a client out for ice cream during a session, another example was receiving a gift from a client when they have been helped through a crisis, there were many examples, but those two stuck with me.
According to American Counseling Association (2014), “Counselors clearly explain to their clients, as part of the informed consent procedure, the benefits, limitations, and boundaries of the use of social media” (p. 18). I see advocacy in H.6.b Social Media as Part of Informed Consent code by knowing there is a barrier between the relationship when it comes to social media. It’s a small world, and my current counselor went to the same high school as me, so she knows people that I do, so we have mutual friends on social media.
According to American Counseling Association
Counselors understand the challenges of accepting gifts from clients and recognizing that in some cultures, small gifts are a token of respect and gratitude. When determining whether to accept a gift from clients, counselors take into account the therapeutic relationship, the monetary value of the gift, the client’s motivation for giving the gift, and the counselor’s motivation for wanting to accept or …show more content…
I took a counseling course in my undergrad, and we were having a class discussion on ethics. The professor’s example was taking a client out for ice cream during a session, another example was receiving a gift from a client when they have been helped through a crisis, there were many examples, but those two stuck with me.
According to American Counseling Association (2014), “Counselors clearly explain to their clients, as part of the informed consent procedure, the benefits, limitations, and boundaries of the use of social media” (p. 18). I see advocacy in H.6.b Social Media as Part of Informed Consent code by knowing there is a barrier between the relationship when it comes to social media. It’s a small world, and my current counselor went to the same high school as me, so she knows people that I do, so we have mutual friends on social media.
According to American Counseling Association